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1. For the purpose of the present Convention, Contracting Parties shall be divided into categories according to whether the authority competent in their territory to deal with matters pertaining to the equivalence of university qualifications is:
(a) the State;
(b) the university;
(c) the State or the university, as the case may be.
2. Each Contracting Party shall, within one year of the coming into force of the present Convention in respect of itself, inform the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe which is the authority competent in its territory to deal with matters pertaining to the equivalence of university qualifications.